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. * « 4 t 4 Papt Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, November 1, 1951 Dr. Dunning Speaks | On Conservative Victory in England in Closing Message Here Says He Expects No Radical Changes At Present. Do no* i»x;>ect radical changes in the British Isles as a'TestiU 'of the Conservative victory over the Labor party in England last Thursday, was the theme of a lecture Friday night at the First Presbyterian church here by th? Rev. Norman G. Dun ning, D.D., of England. The lecture closed a series of preaching services at the church. The reasons he- gave for this opin ion was that the Conservative vic tory was by too narrow a margin and that the policies introduced- by the Labor government during the last six years wore too deeply in grained in the English economy to be changed. He mentioned coal mining and transportation, which were na tionalized during the Labor regime, as industries tnat will not be affect ed, neither would the health insur ance plan. He predicted, however, that the Conservative victory meant that the steel industry, which with coal and textiles largely support the British economy, would not be na tionalized. He expressed the opinion that it might have been fortunate that the Labor government was in power in the postwar period when it was nec essary to enforce stringent regula tions for recovery. For instance, he said, the government was able to lengthen the work week in the coal mine.' by four hours, which a Con- scrviitit e government could not have dor.T without savcrc criticism. Hr pointed out that the health in surance plan, referred to in this country as "socialized medicine," .was not a Labor measure although it was put into effect while the La bor party was in power. He never heard the* phrase ‘ sttcialized medi cine” until his first visit to this country two years ago, he said. The health insurance plan, as he railed was the outgrov ic by a commi< study the health of the notion dur ing the Conservative or Churchill administration prior to the advent of the Labor party. He said that un der the olan every wage earner con tributed the equivalent of $1.00 a week to the Insurance fund and got free medical and hospital service as benefits. He predicted that the plan would be continued with some modi fications. ■ Dr. Dunning too* an optimistic! view of the English future, barring another world war. Given five or six years more, England will have re gained a sound and^ healthy ecorro- my. If he counted England’siTCVfh-s- es in the Middle East as a long term disaster, he didn't mention them. The return to strength, according to j his view, would reslift from the re covery of the nation’s industries and the inborn courage of the British, j Times in England have been hard, since the war, he said, but produc- j tion is getting better and conditions will improve. Prior to the w’ar, he explained, England imported four- fifths of its food and raw materials, i Its factories, he said, worked the raw I materials into finished products and marketed them throughout the world to get the money with which to pay^ for the food and raw materials. Dur- 1 ing the war fully three-fourths of the nation’s industries were either 1 destroyed or turned to military pro duction. Since the war, he said, the problem has been to rebuild the in- J dustnes destroyed, reconvert unde-; stroyed industries to peace produc tion and regain the wurld trade which would bring the country back to its balance. To accomplish the return to bal ance, he said, the entire population, from the most menial servant to' members of the royal family, fcave had to undergo privations and regi-j mentations. England’s production is now higher than before, he said.' More coal is being mined, thousands of automobiles are being built and' merchandise of every description is being manufactured on an increased scale but most of the manufactured! products are sold outside of England' to^otrtBin funds for the general re building process. Even lumber to build churches cannot be obtained, j he said, because all the lumber that the nation can afford to import must be applied to industry, and to re building of the nation's homes. Nn colle.'Mon was taken after the in. turo uhi'h w as in the nature of nor during the meeting. It iced that Dr Dunning had been voted a gift out of the regu lar budget of the church. In express ing thanks for the gift and other courtesies extended him__during the week. Dr Dunning remarked that all Methodist ministers in England, of which he was one, received what he described as a "stipend” of approxi mately $20 a week in American money This, he said, was in addition to living quarters. The object of this plan, he said, was to enable small churches to compete with the large churches in getting good preachers. Instead of a collection for himself, Dr Dunning accepted a suggestion that plates be placed in the vestibule of the church after the lecture where those wishing to do so, could con tribute funds for poor families in England, the funds to be routed through the Marshall plan Officers of the church reported a generous response to the suggestion. Birth Announcements McCuen To Address P.-T.A Meet Tuesday ure. *rm» ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ J Qt&u) 'MOAMKi Otteathe ♦ ♦ ♦ "Laurens County School District Consolidation Plans" will be the : topic of the next meeting of the P. T. A., on Tuesday, November 6th, when the speaker will be G. Miller McCuen, chairman of the newly created County Board of Trustees, under whose direction all county schools will come in future. I Mr. McCuen is a Laurens attorney and is a present member of the board of trustees of Laurens School District No. 11., Tinder the consolidation plan the former 44 districts will become one district with a uniform tax levy,! and present legislation requires that an election be held next year for the adoption of this levy; mean time the Sbhools will continue to operate under the old system. In view of the importance of this subject the P. T. A. extends a spe cial invitation to all those inter ested in educational matters and hopes that parents with children in school- will make a special ef- 1 fort to attend the meeting. • Lt\ Riffs Leaves For Overseas Dufy Friends of Lt. John Pitts, son of Mr and Mrs J. ’Henderson Pitts, will be interested to know tie re ported yesterday to Seattle. Wash ington for overseas duty with the Far Eastern command. He was formerly attached to the l'*8th tank battalion, 3lst division at Fort Jackson RUNYAN Rev. and Mrs. Farrell E. Runyan of Nigeria. West Africa, announce the birth of a son, Charles Allen, on October 25. The Runyans have two other children, Carolyn, 7, and Michael, two and a half. Mrs. Run yan is the former Miss Elizabeth Barnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Barnett. COPELAND Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Copeland announce, the birth of a son, James Harrison, on October 24, at Hays hospital. Mrs. Copeland was before marriage Miss Nellie Ruth Brazill. ALEXANDER Mr. and Mrs. Abit Alexander an nounce tfre birth x»f a daughter, Janet, on October 27, at Hays Hos-1 pital. Mrs. Alexander was before marriage Miss Emma McCrary, duaghter of Mrs. C. H. McCrary, Sr., and the late Mr. McCrary. SHAY Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shay announce the birth of a daughter on October 30 at Hays hospital. ROBERTSON Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Robertson announce the birth of a daughter on October 30 at Hays hospital. ARRINGTON Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Arrihgton, Jr., of Greenville, announce the I birth of a son, Walter William III, on October 27. 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